From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 21 02:01:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA07499 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:01:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from keystone.westminster.edu (fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu [204.171.15.203]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA07492 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:01:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by keystone.westminster.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) id FAA21994; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 05:01:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 05:01:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Alex Otier cc: Udo Wolter , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coping Files From MS-DOS to a BSD Partitian? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Alex Otier wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Udo Wolter wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > I use the mount_msdos command, but I imagine you could use mount -t msdos. > > > The format I use is: > > > mount_msdos -m 500 /dev/(whatever) /dos > > > the -m sets the mask to owner read/execute, so I don't accidentally screw > > > my filesystem; I've heard rumors that FreeBSD has no real problems > > > writing MSDOS filesystems, but I tend to stay on the safe side. > > > > I got many problems writing MSDOS-fs. Everytime I wrote on it, scandisk told > > me about lost chains. When I forgot to use scandisk, my partition really > > gets bad. One time I totally screwed it up. Since then I only use > > MSDOS-partitions as read only...:-( > > > > This is a bad situation, I'd like to write on it, but there are so few messages > > about the development of MSDOS-support, so it's too dangerous for me to > > try it again. Maybe someone can tell me why it happens ? Or even maybe he or > > she can tell me if it's ok now ? > > When I tried (awhile back), I seem to recall that FreeBSD completely > ignored the FAT tables. Not good. Generally it's time to restore from > backup once it happens since if your disk is fragmented at all it will > overwrite file sections of files already on the disk. > > Kodiak I've not had many, if any problems, writing to MSDOS floppies, but I've had tons of problems w/ the partition on the hard disk. First, when I first mount it, I get a messages on the console about 'root directory not a multiple of cluster size', or something like that. Then, sometime, when I unmount it (like just happened about 10 minutes ago), it screws up my BSD filesystem immesurably, Once, it even forced my to completely reinstall. So I generally don't even mount by DOS filesystem on the hard disk EVER!!! I even use the readonly mask, and it still screws the BSD filesystem. I haven't had any trouble with the DOS filesystem, but it could just be a matter of time. I would be VERY VERY VERY interested in hearing more about MSDOS filesystem support. If my meager programming abilities could help this endeavor, I'd glady donate some time, but it's presently a BAD situation with the DOS filesystem. Maybe in 3.0 ...? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |FreeBSD is good. FreeBSD is our friend. UNIX is our god.| *Micro$oft is bad. Micro$oft causes problems.* |MicroBSD??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!| |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| *fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu FreeBSD junkie* |http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd Westminster College| *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*